Paying attention

VICTORIA - It's a brave or foolhardy politician who gets into a fight with volunteer firefighters. So even though rushing to extend spe...

VICTORIA - John Les tied himself in knots Monday in a hopeless effort to minimize the government's bungling of child death reviews. The ...

VICTORIA - The pine beetle damage numbers are leaping towards incomprehensibility. The B.C. government has been pitching a $1.5-billion prog...

VICTORIA - Part way through the call from Chief Coroner Terry Smith, I got the feeling I'd been scammed for the last several years. All ...

VICTORIA - Jamie Charlie was three. His sister, not yet two, had just been beaten to death in the home that was supposed to be a refuge. The...

VICTORIA - I can see why people are worked up about the takeover of Terasen Inc. by U.S.-based Kinder Morgan. There are reasons to worry , a...

VICTORIA - Tourism Minister Olga Illich is right to be fighting new U.S. border security measures that threaten the tourist industry. B.C. h...

VICTORIA - OK, you’re busy and easily depressed in these darkening fall days, and so have skipped much of the Gomery coverage. Here, in 650 ...

VICTORIA - It seems destructive for either side to come off a bitter illegal strike and immediately start poking at the other. But that’s wh...

VICTORIA - Carole Taylor better get going fast on her plan to find better ways of bargaining public sector contracts. By next June - seven m...

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VICTORIA - Rich Coleman is sounding pretty optimistic about progress in the softwood dispute. Coleman's hope rests partly on this week...

VICTORIA - First, the main point. Teachers and government should both accept Vince Ready's recommendations - without conditions - and ge...

VICTORIA - The Liberals can't bring themselves to admit it, but the government has broken its vow not to negotiate with striking teacher...

VICTORIA - You got a pretty good indication of why Premier Gordon Campbell and the government are losing the battle with teachers Monday. Th...

VICTORIA - That was a clever move by Supreme Court Justice Brenda Brown in the teachers' strike. But it doesn't do anything to head...

VICTORIA - And on to the perennial column topic - more reasons why you should be angry at the federal government. Let's start with David...

VICTORIA - The government and teachers are now battling for your good opinion. The BCTF's strike isn't about economic pressure, the ...

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VICTORIA - It looked like amateur hour at the legislature Thursday as teachers prepared to walk off the job. Who are the good guys in this, ...